Free contest, OBG - VAI Critical Writing Competition, prize: £300 (Ireland)

Deadline: 18 March 2011

OBG is pleased to announce a new critical writing competition in partnership with Visual Artists Ireland which aims to encourage, support and promote critical discussion on the Visual Arts in Northern Ireland.

This competition is open to all emerging critics and is based around Philip Napier’s exhibition which runs from 4th February to 19th March 2011.

To enter please complete a 1000 word review of ‘Expecting the Terror’ with reference to the processes and thinking behind making the work. Please enter this along with your name, contact telephone number, email and postal address.

This can be emailed to chickey@ormeaubaths.co.uk or posted to Ormeau Baths Gallery, 18a Ormeau Avenue, Belfast, BT2 8HS. The deadline is 4pm on 18th March 2011.

There is a prize of £300 and the winning entry will also be published in the Visual Artists News Sheet and on the new OBG website.

More information here.